The parents of a 10-month-old girl who died of malnutrition and dehydration in western Michigan have been charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse.Seth Welch and Tatiana Fusari, both 27, were charged Monday in the death of their daughter, Mary. The Kent County sheriff’s office said Welch called 911 last week and deputies found the child not breathing inside a home in Solon Township, north of Grand Rapids.Both sat, visibly stunned, Monday as a judge detailed why they were being charged. Welch's mouth hung open and Fusari wept as the judge explained they could face life in prison without parole, if convicted of felony murder.One of the first responders noted the child’s sunken eyes and cheeks, and lack of pulse. She was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy Friday ruled the cause of death as malnutrition and dehydration due to neglect by adult caregivers.The Kent County couple admitted their daughter had been skinny and underweight for at least a month, an affidavit alleged. The parents didn’t seek medical help for religious reasons, fear of having Child Protective Services called and a lack of trust in medical services, according to records.In a Facebook post apparently written the same day the child was found dead, Welch wrote that he was "shattered" and that “Tati and I are the worst parents ever.”"And I’m really enjoying the loving embrace of an isolation cell from the cops and government employees who keep assuring me ‘they are only here to help,’ ” he continued. Both parents are being held without bond.Welch and Fusari have two older children together, ages 2 and 4. Child Protective Services filed on Monday a neglect case against the parents involving their two eldest children.Welch has posted about Child Protective Services, a distrust of doctors and religious beliefs on Facebook, The Washington Post reported. In one video, he explained why he refused to vaccinate his children, saying, in part: “It didn’t seem smart to me that you would be saving people who weren’t the fittest. If evolution believes in survival of the fittest, well then why are we vaccinating everybody? Shouldn’t we just let the weak die off and let the strong survive?”Welch had criticized the health care industry and said in one video that a doctor would have to believe in creationism to be able to successfully treat patients.

The parents of a 10-month-old girl who died of malnutrition and dehydration in western Michigan have been charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse.

Seth Welch and Tatiana Fusari, both 27, were charged Monday in the death of their daughter, Mary. The Kent County sheriff’s office said Welch called 911 last week and deputies found the child not breathing inside a home in Solon Township, north of Grand Rapids.

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Both sat, visibly stunned, Monday as a judge detailed why they were being charged. Welch's mouth hung open and Fusari wept as the judge explained they could face life in prison without parole, if convicted of felony murder.

One of the first responders noted the child’s sunken eyes and cheeks, and lack of pulse. She was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy Friday ruled the cause of death as malnutrition and dehydration due to neglect by adult caregivers.

The Kent County couple admitted their daughter had been skinny and underweight for at least a month, an affidavit alleged. The parents didn’t seek medical help for religious reasons, fear of having Child Protective Services called and a lack of trust in medical services, according to records.

In a Facebook post apparently written the same day the child was found dead, Welch wrote that he was "shattered" and that “Tati and I are the worst parents ever.”

"And I’m really enjoying the loving embrace of an isolation cell from the cops and government employees who keep assuring me ‘they are only here to help,’ ” he continued.

Both parents are being held without bond.

Welch and Fusari have two older children together, ages 2 and 4. Child Protective Services filed on Monday a neglect case against the parents involving their two eldest children.

Welch has posted about Child Protective Services, a distrust of doctors and religious beliefs on Facebook, The Washington Post reported.

In one video, he explained why he refused to vaccinate his children, saying, in part: “It didn’t seem smart to me that you would be saving people who weren’t the fittest. If evolution believes in survival of the fittest, well then why are we vaccinating everybody? Shouldn’t we just let the weak die off and let the strong survive?”

Welch had criticized the health care industry and said in one video that a doctor would have to believe in creationism to be able to successfully treat patients.